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Kay review thinks the unthinkable on the City's inner workingshttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/mar/04/kay-review-thinks-the-unthinkable-city
Treating shareholders differently and abandoning quarterly reporting could be effective ways of introducing more long-term thinking into equity markets<p>When MPs call on shareholders to rein in runaway executive pay, and the public wonders in exasperation why investors in RBS didn't tame Fred Goodwin's overweening ambition, or block the American takeover of Cadbury, they probably imagine a group of enlightened owners carefully shepherding the firms they control.</p><p>The reality of today's equity markets is very different. Deep-seated structural forces favour hands-off ownership, short-term myopic decision-making and quick sell-outs.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/mar/04/kay-review-thinks-the-unthinkable-city">Continue reading...</a>InvestingBusinessVince CableSun, 04 Mar 2012 00:09:25 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/mar/04/kay-review-thinks-the-unthinkable-cityDavid Sillitoe/GuardianThe interim report from John Kay's review of Equity Markets reveals he is willing to consider radical changes to encourage more long-term thinking among shareholders. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the GuardianDavid Sillitoe/GuardianThe interim report from John Kay's review of Equity Markets reveals he is willing to consider radical changes to encourage more long-term thinking among shareholders. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the GuardianHeather Stewart2012-03-04T00:09:25ZIn an age of austerity can capitalism really be popular?http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jan/29/ethical-business-cameron-cable-popular-capitalism
When even David Cameron has his doubts, backing business is a thankless task<p>Banging the drum for British business can be a thankless job at the best of times; but now, as politicians across the spectrum vie to offer searing critiques of capitalism, it's hardly surprising many firms feel unloved. In London this week, a new campaign will be launched, aimed at persuading the recession-scarred public that &quot;Business is Good for Britain&quot;.</p><p>John Longworth, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which came up with the idea, is keen to separate his members – typically smaller companies – from the bonus-wielding City fat cats and boardroom bosses whose behaviour so infuriates the public.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jan/29/ethical-business-cameron-cable-popular-capitalism">Continue reading...</a>Ethical businessBusinessVince CablePoliticsEconomic policyEconomicsExecutive pay and bonusesAusteritySun, 29 Jan 2012 00:07:10 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jan/29/ethical-business-cameron-cable-popular-capitalismChristopher Furlong/PADavid Cameron chats to entrepreneur and founder of Akhaya Cookery School Jennifer Okpapi, during a visit to Leeds – but can he increase people's faith in business? Photograph: Christopher Furlong/PAChristopher Furlong/PADavid Cameron chats to entrepreneur and founder of Akhaya Cookery School, Jennifer Okpapi, during a visit to Leeds – but can he increase people's faith in business? Photograph: Christopher Furlong/PAHeather Stewart2012-01-29T00:07:10ZHeather Stewart: When you tell banks how to behave, don't forget those people called customershttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/jul/26/banking-margaret-thatcher
<p>Like a swotty schoolboy rushing to hand in his homework before the holidays, George Osborne chose last week to issue a hefty report - packed with graphs, in true school project style - about how Britain's reckless banks would be brought to heel under Tory government.</p><p>Like all good essays, it had the virtue of clarity: the FSA has obviously failed to do its job properly over the past 12 years - so why not just abolish it? Wasn't everything so much simpler when the Bank of England governor could just gather the City's finest together, lift a fabled eyebrow and rein in the worst excesses of a boom?</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/jul/26/banking-margaret-thatcher">Continue reading...</a>BankingFinancial Services Authority (FSA)Credit crunchPrivate equityBusinessGeorge OsborneVince CableMargaret ThatcherPoliticsMoneyBusiness and financeBooksBanks and building societiesBorrowing & debtDiscrimination at workSat, 25 Jul 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/jul/26/banking-margaret-thatcherHeather Stewart2009-07-25T23:01:00Z